SOCIAL STUDIES Shangsan Qian

The New York State Learning Standards in social studies call for students’ examination of “how massive immigration, forced migration, changing roles for women, and internal migration led to new social patterns and conflicts,” and their identification of “ideas that developed amidst growing cultural diversity.” While the study of the history of New York City Chinatown, as a case study project, will provide the students with opportunities to explore the history of immigration in this country and to examine various social and economic events and issues around it, students will also be able to learn from the past, to examine the present and to envision the future. The use of the NYC local government records as the primary and secondary sources for research is in consonance with new state performance standards requiring students to use information collected from diverse sources, including census reports, city directories, maps, graphs and charts, and government documents. In addition, the activities are designed to help students prepare for the document-based questions in the new Social Studies Regents examinations, which require students to integrate various perspectives, facts, and arguments from 6-9 primary and secondary source documents into a full-length written response to the designated essay task.

UNIT 1	New York City Chinatown: A Retrospective Look
UNIT 2	New York City Chinatown: A Vision for the 21st Century
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LEARNING STANDARDS	RELEVANT SOCIAL STUDIES LEARNING STANDARDS

Unit 1